Chapter 521: Breakthrough, the amazing effect of Tianyuan Baohuang Lotus!

Blue Lake Mountain.

Mount Sumeru Grotto-Heaven, Hall of Longevity.

Lu Changsheng sat cross-legged, a crystalline, lustrous blue-green lotus seat floating before him, emanating a profound mystical aura.

“Buzz buzz buzz—”

As Lu Changsheng continued to refine it, the Tianyuan Precious Royal Lotus shimmered with flowing light.

Innate Dao patterns seemed to interweave on the lotus platform and petals, ancient in feel, returning to the simplicity of the Great Dao, profoundly mysterious.

“Boom!”

After an unknown period, the Tianyuan Precious Royal Lotus suddenly burst forth with ten thousand rays of light, brilliant and dazzling, its innate Dao patterns flashing wildly, merging with Lu Changsheng’s Yin-Yang magical power.

Lu Changsheng formed hand seals and let out a soft cry.

The Tianyuan Precious King Lotus in his Qi Sea Dantian directly shot out, circling above his head, its light flowing and shining brightly.

“Buzz buzz buzz—”

The aura of this Tianyuan Precious King Lotus intertwined with the Tianyuan Precious Royal Lotus before him, forming a surging tide of spiritual energy.

In an instant, the spiritual energy of the entire Mount Sumeru Grotto-Heaven was stirred, rushing madly towards Lu Changsheng and the Tianyuan Precious Royal Lotus.

“Sumeru.”

Lu Changsheng remained seated with his eyes closed, sending out a wisp of his consciousness to communicate with the Sumeru Tree King.

He instructed it to stabilize the grotto-heaven’s spiritual energy, prevent it from affecting others, and then gather the energy towards him.

“Yes, Master!”

Sumeru’s ethereal, pure, soft, and faint voice sounded, controlling the grotto-heaven’s spiritual energy.

“Whoosh whoosh whoosh—”

Countless spiritual energies of heaven and earth swept towards Lu Changsheng’s cave dwelling, forming a vortex of spiritual energy above the Hall of Longevity, like a funnel.

“What is this?”

Honglian, Lu Miaoge, and Meng Xiaochuan, who were cultivating in Mount Sumeru Grotto-Heaven, felt something and opened their beautiful eyes.

Realizing this was caused by Lu Changsheng’s cultivation, Lu Miaoge and Meng Xiaochuan watched for a while before not paying much attention, continuing to sit in meditation and cultivate.

Only Honglian’s beautiful eyes were clear and bright, watching this scene with surprise.

Amazing, simply too amazing!

This tide of spiritual energy did not resemble something caused by a cultivator who had only broken through to the Core Formation realm for a few years.

Even the spiritual pressure and spiritual energy vortex formed by a peak Core Formation cultivator practicing divine abilities or secret techniques would be no more than this.

“What is Young Master doing now?”

Honglian was surprised and puzzled.

Over the decades, she had witnessed many miracles and things beyond conventional understanding from Lu Changsheng.

But these things beyond conventional understanding had never stopped, appearing from time to time.

Just like recently, she saw her disciple, Lu Lingxiao.

She could tell at a glance that this disciple had obtained some kind of fortuitous encounter, inheritance, or heaven and earth divine object.

Otherwise, it would be absolutely impossible to have such a sudden improvement!

And it was obvious without thinking that this fortuitous encounter and inheritance came from Lu Changsheng.

“Given Young Master’s situation, I’m afraid he won’t need a hundred years to reach the Nascent Soul stage… I can’t fall too far behind.”

Honglian felt a lot of pressure in her heart.

She possessed a Spiritual Embryo body and a Nascent Soul spirit!

As long as she had enough resources, she could naturally break through to the Nascent Soul stage in at most a hundred years.

But facing Lu Changsheng’s growth speed, which was beyond normal comprehension, she still felt a lot of pressure.

However, precisely because of this, she became even more wholeheartedly convinced by Lu Changsheng.

She looked forward to the day Lu Changsheng would rule over the Southern Wasteland, the Northern Plains, and even the Central Continent.

At that time, she could also return to her peak and accompany him to the Northern Plains cultivation world to investigate what happened back then.

To see what the current state of the Vermillion Bird Palace was.

In the Hall of Longevity.

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth swept madly, surging into the Tianyuan Precious Royal Lotus.

The spiritual energy in the entire hall was so dense it was almost like water or mist, hazy and indistinct.

As time passed, the spiritual energy in Mount Sumeru Grotto-Heaven became much thinner.

It was simply because the spiritual energy Lu Changsheng absorbed was too exaggerated.

It was several times more turbulent than the spiritual energy needed when breaking through to the Core Formation realm.

“Chirp!”

After an unknown period, Lu Changsheng opened his eyes, his pupils burning like two torches, filled with Yin-Yang energy.

The Tianyuan Precious Royal Lotus before him instantly interwove with innate Dao patterns, emanating a mysterious aura, and entered his Qi Sea Dantian.

“Buzz buzz buzz—”

The Yin-Yang Five Elements Foundation and the black and white Yin-Yang Grand Dao Golden Core burst forth with ten thousand rays of light, resonating with the Tianyuan Precious Royal Lotus.

In an instant, the innate Dao patterns of the Tianyuan Precious Royal Lotus flashed wildly, intertwining with his Yin-Yang magical power, cleansing his Qi Sea Dantian, flesh and blood, bones, meridians, and Dantian.

At the same time, Lu Changsheng’s cultivation at the peak of the third layer of Core Formation seemed to break through an invisible barrier, his magical power circulating autonomously like a breached ocean, wanting to break through to the next realm.

Facing this situation, Lu Changsheng’s expression was calm, unmoving, slowly and steadily circulating the Yin-Yang Creation Scripture.

One day, two days, three days…

In the blink of an eye, over half a month passed.

“Buzz!”

A trembling sound rang out.

Lu Changsheng’s appearance was solemn and dignified, his body pure and flawless, endless Yin-Yang energy flowing, his entire being seemed to be draped in a robe of Yin-Yang magical power, sacred and inviolable.

In his Qi Sea Dantian, above his foundation, the distinct black and white Yin-Yang Grand Dao Golden Core shone brightly.

The glazed Yin-Yang patterns on its surface were endless, seemingly depicting the trajectory of the Yin-Yang Grand Dao, surging with powerful Yin-Yang magical power.

“Fourth layer of Core Formation.”

Lu Changsheng opened his eyes.

When he was drifting in the Tianyuan Precious Royal Lotus, his cultivation had already reached the peak of the third layer of Core Formation.

During this time, after completely refining the Tianyuan Precious Royal Lotus and making it his second Dantian, he directly broke through the bottleneck from the early stage to the middle stage of Core Formation.

Breaking through from the early stage to the middle stage of Core Formation was a significant improvement.

The quality of his magical power almost doubled!

He even felt that his current magical power surpassed that of a fifth-layer Core Formation cultivator amplified by the Nine Treasures Ruyi Bone.

This was the improvement brought by the Yin-Yang Grand Dao Golden Core!

Each breakthrough increased the quality of his magical power by several tenths compared to cultivators of the same realm!

The Nine Treasures Ruyi Bone was indeed mystical.

But this amplification could not be amplified by the foundational effect of the Grand Dao Golden Core!

In addition to magical power, Lu Changsheng’s divine sense also advanced further.

He possessed the Taiyi Soul Body.

Every time his realm broke through, his soul and divine sense improved more than ordinary people.

At this time, Lu Changsheng was not sure what level his divine sense had reached.

He felt it was only one step away from Nascent Soul level divine sense!

“However, this step is likely like an insurmountable chasm.”

“Without a fortuitous encounter, it won’t be easy to cross.”

Lu Changsheng muttered in his heart, continuing to look at the Tianyuan Precious Royal Lotus in his Qi Sea Dantian.

Although he had long known that the Tianyuan Precious Royal Lotus was extraordinary, far incomparable to the Tianyuan Precious King Lotus.

But truly refining this Tianyuan Precious Royal Lotus into his second Dantian still surprised him with its effects and abilities.

First, this Tianyuan Precious Royal Lotus had a magical power storage capacity hundreds of times greater than the Tianyuan Precious King Lotus!

Lu Changsheng didn’t know what the upper limit of this magical power storage was.

Because he couldn’t fill it.

And he couldn’t fill it.

Continuing to store magical power would already exceed his current bearable range.

Second, this Tianyuan Precious Royal Lotus had the ability to obscure heavenly secrets and calculations.

Now that Lu Changsheng had completely refined the Tianyuan Precious Royal Lotus and made it his second Dantian, unless there was a top-tier diviner, or someone using a certain treasure of divination, it would be impossible to calculate his situation.

Even his heavenly secrets were currently in a shielded state and could not be calculated at all.

Third, the Tianyuan Precious Royal Lotus was compatible with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and could control the origin of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth for its own use, supplementing magical power, physical strength, etc.

This ability was very powerful!

Before, the Tianyuan Precious King Lotus only absorbed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and its efficiency doubled when recovering magical power.

But now, the Tianyuan Precious Royal Lotus could stir the origin of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to supplement itself, and even slightly increase the power of divine abilities.

One must know that with the Tianyuan Precious Royal Lotus as a second Dantian, one’s magical power was already several times, even dozens of times, that of ordinary people.

Now, when fighting others, one could also use the Tianyuan Precious Royal Lotus to constantly recover magical power and physical strength, which was simply equivalent to a humanoid perpetual motion machine!

“My Nine Treasures Ruyi Bone has nine great divine abilities. If it’s just a small increase in essence, qi, and spirit, with the Tianyuan Precious Royal Lotus, I might even be able to maintain it permanently.”

Lu Changsheng was overjoyed in his heart, deeply realizing how much this Tianyuan Precious Royal Lotus helped him.

Moreover, he was only at the fourth layer of Core Formation now.

This Tianyuan Precious Royal Lotus was at the peak of the fourth tier and could be used by him continuously.

As his cultivation increased, the effects of this Tianyuan Precious Royal Lotus would not only not weaken but would also exert greater power.

After all, his current cultivation had not even utilized one-tenth of the effect of the Tianyuan Precious Royal Lotus.

Even the most basic ability, the magical power stored by the Tianyuan Precious Royal Lotus as a second Dantian, was like stirring a large vat with a toothpick.

“If I can’t fill the Tianyuan Precious Royal Lotus with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, I won’t be able to treat the grotto-heaven as a portable cave dwelling and plant spiritual herbs and plants, like the Tianyuan True Lord did.”

Lu Changsheng muttered in his heart, also realizing a few current problems.

For example, refining the Tianyuan Precious Royal Lotus into a second Dantian meant that if too many things were placed in the grotto-heaven, it would cause him a great burden.

Leading to difficulty in using the abilities of the Tianyuan Precious Royal Lotus during combat.

“Alas, I’m still too weak.”

“I estimate that only by breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage can the true power of this Tianyuan Precious Royal Lotus be unleashed.”

Lu Changsheng let out a long breath.

He knew that giving such a fourth-tier Royal Lotus to a Core Formation cultivator like himself as a second Dantian was simply a waste of heavenly resources.

However, his ancestor Lu had wasted enough heavenly resources, so he didn’t care.

“This Tianyuan Precious King Lotus can be placed at home for Xiaochuan, Xiyue, Miaoge, and Zixiao to use when they break through to Core Formation.”

He lightly raised his hand and looked at the previous Tianyuan Precious King Lotus.

Now that he had the Tianyuan Precious Royal Lotus, this Tianyuan Precious King Lotus was naturally no longer needed.

So Lu Changsheng planned to place this Tianyuan Precious King Lotus at home for his wives, concubines, and children to use in the future.

Whoever needed to break through could refine it into a second Dantian to accumulate magical power foundation.

After breaking through, the imprint would be erased and given to the next person to use.

However, repeatedly refining and erasing the imprint would consume the spirituality of this Tianyuan Precious King Lotus.

After three to five times, it could no longer be used.

“Now that I’ve broken through to the fourth layer of Core Formation, going to the Great Dream Marsh later should be much smoother.”

Lu Changsheng put away the Tianyuan Precious King Lotus, stretched, his bones and muscles rattling.

He planned to go to the Great Dream Marsh after his magical treasures were forged and Bai Ling gave birth, to replenish his stock.

Thinking of Bai Ling, he came to the side hall and looked at Bai Ling, who was sleeping on the white jade bed.

Bai Ling was now mostly in a state of sleep, and her sleep was getting deeper.

She didn’t even realize his arrival at this time.

Lu Changsheng stepped forward, sat by the bed, and gently stroked her slightly pale cheek, his eyes full of tenderness.

“Brother.”

Bai Ling seemed to sense something and woke up groggily, her voice a little weak, her soft and smooth cheek gently rubbing against Lu Changsheng’s palm.

“Ling’er, I’m here, get some good rest.”

Lu Changsheng said softly.

“Mmm~”

Bai Ling hummed affectionately and continued to sleep peacefully, resting her head on Lu Changsheng’s hand.

Seeing Bai Ling like this, Lu Changsheng also felt a pang of heartache.

Even though a cultivator’s state is weak during pregnancy, it would definitely not be like Bai Ling’s condition.

It was almost like a demonic beast hibernating.

However, the fetus in Bai Ling’s belly had become more and more vigorous in recent times, and Lu Changsheng could clearly sense the fetus’s breathing.

After quietly accompanying Bai Ling for a long time, he instructed Sumeru again to notify him immediately if Bai Ling had any issues, and then walked out of the Hall of Longevity.

Due to his excessive absorption of the spiritual energy in the grotto-heaven, it had become somewhat thin and would take some time to slowly recover to a normal level.

However, in Mount Sumeru Grotto-Heaven, there were only him and Honglian, two Core Formation cultivators, so it didn’t matter.

Lu Changsheng looked at the three Tianyuan Precious Lotuses in the Spiritual Eye Spring.

After raising them for so many years, these three Tianyuan Precious Lotuses had hardly changed.

It could only be said that without the Myriad Spirit Bottle, even after another thousand years, these Tianyuan Precious Lotuses would be difficult to grow into Tianyuan Precious King Lotuses.

However, the Five Elements Spirit Fruit Tree not far away had already begun to bear fruit.

With the Myriad Spirit Bottle, it was estimated that it would mature in another three years.

“Congratulations, Young Master, on advancing another level in cultivation!”

Just then, the elegant and noble Honglian walked out of the Hall of Longevity and congratulated him.

Seeing the magical power aura that had not yet dissipated from Lu Changsheng, Honglian’s seemingly calm face hid a surging tide of shock in her heart, greatly astonished.

Middle stage of Core Formation!

Although she couldn’t be completely sure.

But as a Nascent Soul True Lord in her previous life, she could still tell that Lu Changsheng’s magical power was a bit unusual.

Most likely, he had broken through to the middle stage of Core Formation!

This speed was simply astonishing, unheard of!

One must know that the scene and image of Lu Changsheng breaking through to Core Formation were still vivid in her memory.

It had only been seven years from breaking through to Core Formation until now.

In seven years, he had gone from breaking through to Core Formation to the middle stage of Core Formation…

Even she, as a Nascent Soul True Lord in her previous life, found it incredible!

“It’s just some fortuitous encounters.”

Lu Changsheng chuckled softly.

These words were not humble.

Being able to have this growth speed was indeed due to fortuitous encounters.

Relying on the accumulation from his children at home, the efficacy of the Yin-Yang Fusion Spirit Pill, and the Nascent Soul origin of the Tianyuan True Lord, he had reduced an unknown amount of time.

Otherwise, with his current state of being busy all day, without even time to sit in meditation and cultivate quietly, how could he break through so rapidly.

“Fortuitous encounters and luck are all part of one’s strength and growth path. Young Master has unparalleled talent and great fortune, so this is natural.”

Honglian said flatteringly.

Then she said that her Spiritual Embryo body had been consolidated almost completely.

To improve quickly, she needed a massive amount of resources, heavenly materials, and earthly treasures.

So she planned to go out and travel for a while to solve the problem of cultivation resources.

“Traveling.”

Upon hearing this, Lu Changsheng pondered slightly.

The current cultivation resources at home were enough to support his wives, concubines, and children.

But Honglian had a Spiritual Embryo body and was a Core Formation cultivator, and the cultivation resources she needed were something he truly couldn’t provide at the moment.

After all, such resources were not a small amount.

If Honglian went out to travel and earn resources herself, that would naturally be the best.

“Let’s wait a few years. By then, I plan to go to the Great Dream Marsh, and you can come with me.”

Lu Changsheng said this.

Although he trusted Honglian, there were still many things at home.

For example, the forging of magical treasures still required Honglian’s help.

Furthermore, he and Honglian had not yet broken through the final thin membrane.

This was something that had reached a point in their relationship where it could be broken through at any time, as long as Lu Changsheng was willing.

But the other party was a Nascent Soul True Lord in her previous life, so Lu Changsheng still gave her some respect and needed a suitable opportunity.

Going out together later would be a good opportunity to deepen their feelings, and then let things happen naturally.